Tell It Slant

The title's misleading; this isn't a book about Emily Dickinson who penned the line "tell it slant". Rather it is a book of reflections by Eugene H. Peterson, who did the Bible paraphrase "The Message", imagining what it would be like to hear Jesus speaking in the first person his parables and prayers. Just released in advance of Year C preaching, the reflections are more sermon starters than commentary, covering the Gospel of Luke chapters 9-19 along with the Lord's Prayer, the Prayer in Gethsemane, the Seven Last Words, the High Priestly Prayer and a few other shorter prayer passages. Likely this book will be most useful in preparation for Lent and Holy Week in the C years; at other times it can take its place on the shelf of New Testament -- Luke for consultation as needed.